Gene Veith in God at Work:

Our usual view of God is that He is not part of the external world outside ourselves. He is either “far above” the everyday world or He is “inside us.” The world, we assume, runs pretty much on its own. The truth is, God does indeed transcend His creation, but He also governs it. “He himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything,” says the apostle Paul. “He is not actually far from each one of us, for ‘in him we live and move and have our being'” (Acts 17:25-28).

It’s odd that the places we confine God to are the places where we do not encounter him, or do not encounter him very clearly. Far above us is hardly a place interact (“Can you hear me?!”), and inside of us alongside all sorts of doubts, conflicts and sins is often more confusing than not. God is no doubt found in the cosmos and the conscience since He rules and sustains everywhere, but seeing his authorship in the events of life (what is funnier than a Nobel Peace Prize given for great ambitions?) and  artistry everywhere (witness smooth and shiny horse chestnuts falling all over my yard while various rodents play catch with them) means you can actually interact with Him in real life. He is telling a story about the salvation of the world and as His characters we get to choose how we will play the role He has assigned.